MDC: Application of High-Performance Graphics Supercomputers and Communication to Provide Improved Interfaces to Scanning Probe Microscopes

Nanomanupulator （nM）项目将研究最强大、最有效的系统、方法和算法，将高性能图形超级计算机Pixel-Flow应用于科学仪器的实时控制。纳米系统为扫描探针显微镜（SPMs）提供了一个直观的界面，允许来自不同学科的科学家检查和操作纳米尺度结构。当数据实时到达时，nM会显示被扫描表面的高质量渲染图。利用力反馈控制，科学家们可以感受到表面表征，以增强对表面特性的理解，并可以直接修改表面。重要的概念验证研究表明，nM通过充当受控和受控之间的翻译器，极大地提高了生产率。这个项目将研究一些问题，这些问题将使纳米技术成为科学界更强大和更容易使用的工具。

9527192 Taylor The Nanomanupulator (nM) project will investigate the most powerful and efficient systems, methods and algorithm for applying the high-performance graphics supercomputer, Pixel-Flow, to the real-time control of scientific instrumentation. The nM system provides an intuitive interface to scanning probe microscopes (SPMs), allowing scientists from a variety if disciplines to examine and manipulate nanometer-scale structures. The nM displays a high quality rendering of the surface being scanned as the data arrives in real time. using force-feedback controls, the scientists can feel the surface representation to enhance understanding of surface properties and can modify the surface directly. Important proof-of-concept studies have shown that the nM greatly increases productivity by acting as a translator between controlled. This project will study issues which will made the nM a more powerful and accessible tool for the scientific community.